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Hart Co. 49, JCCHS 0: Panthers shut out, seek consolation next week

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Saturday, October 30. 2010

Following a 49-0 shelling at the hands of Hart County Friday, Jackson County hopes for some end-of-the-season redemption. Jackson County (3-6, 1-5) faces struggling Rabun County (1-8, 0-5) in its season finale next week. With the loss to the Bulldogs (5-3-1, 4-2), the Panthers finished sixth in the Region 8A-AA South standings. Rabun County is ... [Full Story »]

Friday Football Photos: JHS 49, East Jackson 15

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Saturday, October 30. 2010

MC Red Raiders softball is 4th in state

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Friday, October 29. 2010

The Madison County Red Raiders ended their state playoff campaign tonight in a rematch to Union Grove 8-4. While the ladies would have preferred to stay a bit longer in Columbus, the 2010 season is still a huge accomplishment. Madison County sets a new school record with a 34-5 season, defended the 8-AAAA region title and brought home fourth in ... [Full Story »]

JHS racks up yardage, points in 49-15 win over EJCHS

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Friday, October 29. 2010

Jefferson racked up 477 yards of total offense Friday at Memorial Stadium to hand East Jackson a 49-15 drubbing in the third installment of this rivalry. With the loss, East Jackson (3-6, 2-4) finishes fifth in Region 8A-AA South and will play the no. 5 seed out of Region 8B-AA next week in the region play-in game to finish out the schedule. ... [Full Story »]

Tigers Blanked By Bulldogs, 21-0

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Friday, October 29. 2010

The Tiger Nation was hoping to send retiring coach Steve Savage out of his final regular season home game in style, but didn’t get a chance to do that Friday night, as the Tigers were shut out by the Bulldogs of George Walton Academy 21-0. The first quarter was filled with near misses for both teams. After intercepting a Commerce pass just ... [Full Story »]

Leopards win 53-28 over Vikings

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Friday, October 29. 2010

The Banks County seniors put on a show as the Leopards take the number two seed in the sub-region. Banks gets ready to play in the region play-in next week. Most likely the Leopards will be playing Hart Co. See next week's Banks County News for more. See more photos in the newspaper. Dylan Lackey runs in another touchdown. Lackey scored 5 TDs. ... [Full Story »]

CHS Cross Country Prepares For Region Meet

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Friday, October 29. 2010

The Commerce cross country competed last Thursday at Riverside in a dual meet. Up next for Commerce is a trip to Athens for the region meet at Athens Academy on Thursday. Chase Klugh led the charge for the Commerce boys at Riverside, placing fifth with a time of 22.07. He was followed by Jeffery Henderson in (22.25), Nick Henderson eighth ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Showing attitude

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Friday, October 29. 2010

This season has shown that Banks County has the attitude to play football. Last Friday night in Homer, the Banks County Leopards lost a close game to Fannin County, 13-12, that bumped the Leopards from the top spot in 8A-AA. It was plain to see after the game that the players took the loss hard, but what was really interesting was the fact that ... [Full Story »]

Raiders refuse to quit, head to Cedar Shoal Fri.

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Friday, October 29. 2010

There is a reason that Clarke Central’s quarterback, Martay Mattox, is being looked at by college teams and that is because he is an explosive force paired with an equally dynamite team. Madison County (1-7, 1-7) found out just how explosive the Clarke Central Gladiators were last Friday night in a 47-14 contest. Even with Clarke Central ... [Full Story »]

Coaches approach rivalry in somewhat different fashion

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Friday, October 29. 2010

Coaches often have different approaches when it comes to rival games. It appears the two mentors at Apalachee and Winder-Barrow have different takes, despite their years of working together. “On one hand we are still trying to get our first win and I don’t care who it is against,” said WBHS coach David Wagner. “However, to say we will ... [Full Story »]

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